Rockets vs Timberwolves Match Player Stats | Thursday, February 6th 2025

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Rockets vs Timberwolves Match Player Stats | Thursday, February 6th 2025

HOU @ MIN

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Todays Thursday, February 6th Matchup Details

Thursday Houston Rockets at Minnesota Timberwolves
Todays Game is on Thursday, February 6th 2025
06/02/25 20:00:00 PM EST Tipoff

Key Match Player Stats to Houston Rockets at Minnesota Timberwolves

The Timberwolves are expected to get a boost in plays in this contest from being pitted against the 7th-fastest pace-of-play visiting team in the NBA over the last 25 games (the Rockets).

The matchup vs. Houston is a good one for 3-pointers; when the Houston Rockets are the visiting squad, the opposing team’s starting PGs have averaged the 10th-most shots from behind the three-point arc per game in the league this year (2.3).

This year when they are at home, the opposition’s starting PGs have shot 45.5% on shots from the field (9th-highest in the NBA) against the Houston Rockets, creating a strong matchup.

The matchup vs. Houston is a strong one for getting to the charity stripe; opposing starting PGs have attempted an enormous 5.2 foul shots per game this year when the Houston Rockets are away from home (5th-most in the league).

This year, the opposition’s starting PFs have attempted 5.4 free throws per game (2nd-highest in the NBA) against the Rockets, making it fairly effortless to get to the free-throw line.

Negative Match Player Stats Trends that should impact Houston Rockets at Minnesota Timberwolves

The matchup vs. the Houston Rockets is a hard one; they have allowed the least points per game in the league to the opposing team’s starting SGs over the last 20 games (12.6).

Over the last 5 games when they are at home, the other team’s starting SGs have attempted 1.0 foul shots per game (4th-lowest in the NBA) against the Rockets, making it tough to get to the foul line.

The number of shots made against Alperen Sengun has been quite low (4.7 per game) when defending opposing starting Cs this year (3rd percentile).

The matchup vs. Alperen Sengun is a tough one for drawing fouls; when squaring off against opposing starting Cs this year, they have attempted a lowly 2.4 foul shots per game (10th percentile).

When matched up against other starting Cs, Alperen Sengun ranks in the 7th percentile with only 1.4 shots from behind the three-point arc attempted against him per game this year.

This year, the opposing team’s starting PFs have averaged 21.7% on three-pointers (worst in the league) vs. the Rockets, resulting in a tough matchup.

Over the last 20 games, the other team’s starting SGs have averaged 4.7 3-point attempts per game (lowest in the league) vs. the Rockets, designating this as a hard matchup.

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